Tony Amendola
American actor
Tony Amendola (born August 24, 1951) is an American actor. He played the Jaffa master Bra'tac in Stargate SG-1 and Pinocchio's creator/father, Geppetto on Once Upon a Time. He also had a recurring role as revolutionary leader Edouard Kagame of Liber8 in the television show Continuum and voiced the Archmage Khadgar in several expansions of World of Warcraft, from Warlords of Draenor to The War Within.
Early life
Tony Amendola was born to an Italian family in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 24, 1951. His mother originates from the town of Amalfi in Italy. In an interview by Blackfilm.com, he was asked, "Are you of Latino descent?" He answered, "I'm of Italian [descent], but a diaspora [that has led] into Argentina and Mexico. My family came to the States." He described his high school as very diverse. Amendola became an actor in college after walking in to an audition for The Tempest. Tony was the first in his family to attend college and was set to become a lawyer, but his life went into a different direction and he ended up taking both pre-law courses and theater classes. After graduating from Southern Connecticut State University in 1974, he studied and earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1977 at Philadelphia's Temple University.
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